Re: Bringing back lang/python27 with few modules?

2021-11-17 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! > We've had many user reports over the last year re the entire situation, > including a number recently about pypy in particular. > > Feel free to reach out to python@ and we'll sort something out together. > > We're on IRC (#freebsd-python @ libera) or you can email me off list and > we can

Re: Bringing back lang/python27 with few modules?

2021-11-17 Thread Kubilay Kocak
On 17/11/2021 6:58 pm, Maxim Sobolev wrote: Hi, I am still a bit concerned with the total removal of python 2.7 year ago and its support, I think this was a somewhat swift decision that may need to be re-considered. I understand the urge for portmgr to move base over to a supported version, but

Re: Bringing back lang/python27 with few modules?

2021-11-17 Thread Maxim Sobolev
Rene, GCC 4.6 is unmaintained for many years. It's open source after all. We have a mighty community who can patch and carry things once active maintenance is over. Sorry I stand corrected, lang/python27 is still there indeed. Then the removal of things like lang/pypy / lang/pypy3 is somewhat a m

Re: Regarding port(s) you maintain in FreeBSD ports collection

2021-11-17 Thread Mikhail T.
On 16.11.21 16:46, Daniel Engberg wrote: There are numerous of reason why we need to remove ports, one major reason is simply to have a sustainable repository. I don't know, what "sustainable repository" means in this context. It seems like another vague term, which can be interpreted in any w

Re: Bringing back lang/python27 with few modules?

2021-11-17 Thread Ronald Klop via ports
Hi, Maybe I do not fully understand your mail, but I still have /usr/ports/lang/python27 in my ports tree. And a package is also still available via "pkg install python27". But maybe the modules you are talking about are more of your concern. Regards, Ronald. Van: Maxim Sobolev Datum: woens

Re: Bringing back lang/python27 with few modules?

2021-11-17 Thread Rene Ladan
On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 12:37:07AM -0800, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > P.S. AFAIK our documented criteria for removing a port is when one of the > following is true: > o Port lacks maintaintership; > o Port has issues building on supported releases; > o Port clearly has no users/use; > o Port has som

Re: Bringing back lang/python27 with few modules?

2021-11-17 Thread Maxim Sobolev
P.S. AFAIK our documented criteria for removing a port is when one of the following is true: o Port lacks maintaintership; o Port has issues building on supported releases; o Port clearly has no users/use; o Port has some serious security issues. The lang/python27 did not belong to either of t